Juan Ramon Jimenez (1881-1958) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956 yet his work remains far less well-known in the English-speaking world than it deserves. Jimenez was a prolific writer - his collected verse fills twenty volumes - and his early poems were first published whilst still in his teens. During the early twentieth century Jimenez wrote and published voraciously and was very active within Spanish-speaking literary circles. In 1939 he left Spain for America eventually settling in Puerto Rico until his death in 1958. It is difficult to hang a label on Jimenez work for his influences were many and his output vast. These selected poems published here in English and the original Spanish give the reader a chance to explore this remarkable talent. Spanish text with facing-page translation.